Improvement in corn-husker, sheller



QED-45 PATENTED MAY 5, 1868. M. JONES. CORN HUSKBR, SHELLEH, Gas.

n will "(OHLLITWPIU "LINE-GM O C MARTHA JONES, OF AMELIA COUNTY,VIRGINIA.

Letters Patent No. 77,494, dated ilfay 5, 1868.

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TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:

Be it known that I, MARTHA JONES, of Amelia county, and State ofVirginia, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Machinesfor Hashing, Shelling, Cutting up, and Separating the IIllSliS from theCorn at one operation; and I do hereby declare that the following is afull, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, making a part of this specification, in whichFigure 1 is a front elevation of the machine, and

Figure 2 a side elevation taken in the line a: a: of fig. 1.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the severalfigures.

This invention relates to the construction of a. machine capable ofhusking, shelling, cutting up the basics, and separating them from thegrain at one operation;' or the devices for shelling and separating thehusks from the corn may either or both be dispensed with, and the cornbe hushed, and the huslcs SOPMELt-Jl. from the ears, or merely thebasking-devices and those used to cut up the huslcs be employed.

The invention further consists in the employment of certain devices toaccomplish the results above referred to, hereinafter more fullydescribed.

It is well known that much nutriment is contained in corn-husks, andwhen properly cut up and mixed with water and. meal, or millfeed, thehusksAhus prepared are deemed an excellent substitute for hay or straw,which are ordinarily cut up to mix with water and milldeed for horses orother farrnnnimals. The cut husks are also employed alone, at times, asa substitute for hay or straw for farm-stock, and it is found moreeconomical to feed them when cut up, as great waste, caused by theirbeing pulled from the manger or rack, and trodden under the feet of theanimals, arises from using them without being cut up. The out husks maylike- Wise be used for mattresses and other like purposes.

In the accompanying drawings, A A represent two standards firmlyattached to the bed 0, between which the wheel 13, hung on the axle (I,having its hearings, r r, on the standards A A, is made to revolve. TheWheel B has projections b b on its circumference, which are employed totear the husks on the ears introduced separately into the spout s, andsaid projections also are used to give a rotary motion to the ear. Thatportion of the spout s which lies opposite the face of the wheel B isleft open on the side next the wheel, and the spring 0 is employed topress the ear of corn against the face of the wheel. 0 c are circularknives, spirally arranged on the face of the wheel, and designed to cutup the husks, and assist in husking the ears. These knives are attachedseparately to the wheel by any ordinary fastening, so that any one ormore may be readily replaced if broken. at d are projections, similar tothose ordinarily employed in shelling corn, and arranged around the axlea of the machine, as fully shown in fig. 1 of the drawing. is is anaxle, having itsbearings K K in the standards A A, and carrying apulley, e, connected by an endless belt, c, with the pulley q on theaxle a of the wheel 13., Attached to the axle h are the beater-arms n ofthe separator. The heater-arms are surrounded by a casing, open atthe-mouth 2, just below the bottom of the spouts. m is an inclined boardunder the lower end of the spout, on which the corn drops by reason ofits gravity. P is a crank, to which power may be applied to give a rapidrotary motion to the axle of the wheel B, and, through the endless belt0, to the separator.

The operation of the machine is as follows: The cars of corn areintroduced at the upper end of the spout, and the ears are pressed bythe spring against the face of the wheel, and the cars of corn receive arotary motion, and are cut somewhat by the projections 11 b. The ears,by reason of their gravity, are then operated upon by thespirally-arranged knives cc, which thoroughly husk the cars, and cut upthe husks; the projections d on the wheel then shell the ears, the cornfalling upon the inclined board m. The blast from the fan-wheel drivesthe lighter husks away from the corn.

It is obvious that the shelling-device or projections d 0! may bedispensed with, and I design constructing wheels without theseprojections, so that the corn may be husked, and the husks cut up, andseparated \rithout shelling the corn, or both the shelling andseparating-devices may be dispensed with, and the corn be husked only,and the husks cut up at the same operation.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent Es- 1. A machine, so constructed asto be capable of bushing the ears of maize or Indian corn, am! at illsame operation cuttingup the husks, for the purposes set forth.

2. A machine, so constructed as to be capable of bushing and shellingthe ears of maize or Indian c n. and, at the same operation, cutting upthe husks, for the purposes set forth.

3. A machine, so constructed as to be capable of bushing and cutting =upthe llllSliS of maize or Indian corn, and, at the same operation,separating the e'ut husks from the ears, for the purposes set i'orlln 4.A machine, so constructed as to be capable of bushing shelling, andcutting up the lmslzs of maize or Indian corn, and, at the sameoperation, separating the cut husks from the corn, for the purposes setforth.

5. The knives c 0, arranged spirally on the wheel, in combination withthe projections L b, substantially as described.

6. The knives c c, in combination with the projections b b, for touringand giving a rotary motion to the ear, and the projections d d forshelling the corn, substantially sadescribed 7. The knives c c, arrangedspirally on the wheel, in combination with the projections b b andseparator, substantially as described.

8. The knives c c, in combination with the projections b b, for basking,and projections d d for shelling,

and separator, substantially as described.

9. The knives c c, arranged spirally, and attached separately to theface of the wheel, as and for the purposes set forth.

19. The wheel B, provided with the projections b b and d d, and spirallyarranged knives, in combination with the spout s and separator,substantially as described.

MARTHA JONES.

Witnesses:

P. F. BOISSEAU, W. S WILKINSON.

